Check-displayer.



H. M. GODBERSON & T. H. MONTGOMERY.

CHECK DISPLAYER.

APPLICAHON FILED JAN.21. 1915.

WI TNESSE 8: IN l/EN TORS Henrg M. God berson ThomasH. W

A TTORNEV Patented Dec. 28, 1915.-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- H ENRY M. GODBEBSON' AND THOMAS H. MONTGOMERY, OF DENISON, IOWA; SAID -MONTGOMERY ASSIGNOR TO SAID GODBERSON.

CHEGK-DISPLAYEB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec.28,1915

Application filed January 21, 1915. Serial No. 3,571.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY M. Gonnnn- SON and THOMAS H. MONTGOMERY, citizens of the United States, and residents of Denison, in the county of Crawford and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved 'Check-Displayer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. v

Our invention relates to check displayers and the primary object of the invention is to enable one to compare the amount of the last check inserted into the displayer and that recorded on the cash register.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple, convenient and inexpensive check displayer which will show not only the last check recorded but some of the previous checks.

With the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will more fully appear asthe description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the application, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and Figure 1 is an elevation of an embodiment of our invention; and Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 22, Fig. 1.

Before proceeding to a more detailed description of our invention, it must be clearly understood that although the invention is primarily intended for use in barber shops where barbers work on a commission, using these checks as a basis for computing their earnings, the same may be as efficiently used in any other trade where checks are employed, as, for example, in ice-cream saloons, and similar places.

Referring to the drawings, 3 represents a tubular column of any suitable material, preferably rectangular in cross section, and the opening in which column is such as to easily accommodate the passage of a check 4 for which our displayer is designed. One side of said tubular column is removed to receive a transparent member 5 through which the faces of the checks located in the tubular column can be easily seen. The tubular column is mounted on a base 6 which is provided with an opening 7 in register with the opening of the tubular column. The base is preferably provided with a drawer 8 intended to receive the checks forced through the tubular column.

A member 9 is nmunted to rock across the opening of the tubular column 3 adjacent the lower end of said column. Said rocking member has a crank 10 associated therewith which extends into the drawer 8 of the base 6, whereat a resilient member 11 is provided which normally moves said rocking member 9 into the opening of the tubular column, thereby obstructing the passage of any coin inserted into said column. Said rocking member 9 is located close to the lower end of the transparent member 5, therefore the first check inserted in the tubular column will be stopped in the column so that the same will be visible through the transparent member 5 as indicated in Fig. 1. The free end of the rocking member 9 is so bent as to allow the edge of the check inserted to be engaged between the rocking member and the wall of the tubular column (see Fig. 2). The length of the tubular column 3 may be varied so that the same will accommodate only one or more checks; that is to say, it may be made of such a length that as soon as a second check is inserted the first check will pass below the rocking member 9 and, consequently, fall into the drawer 8. By making the column 3 longer, the number of the checks that can be made visible before any of them is forced into the column can be varied. As shown in the drawings, the column will always expose four superposing checks, but as soon as a fifth check is inserted, the lower one will be forced into the drawer and the inserted one will take the uppermost posi-' tion.

To permit the discharge of the checks which are inclosed in the column 3, the crank 10 is attached to a member 12 extending to the front of the drawer and which can be operated by opening the drawer; that is to say, in pulling said member in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2 the rocking member 9 1S displaced to clear the opening in the column, permitting the checks in the column to drop into the drawer. The drawer is preferably provided with a lock, so that checks cannot be removed from the drawer without authority.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantage of the construction and operation of the device shown will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the invention pertains; and while we have described the principle of operation, together with the devicewhich we new consider to be the best embodiment thereof we desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes'may be made as are within the scope of the appended claim. y I

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

In acheck displayer, a tubular column adapted to receive checks of predetermined size, said column having a part of one side thereof removed a transparent member occupying the space left by the removed part of the tubular member whereby checks fed through the tubular column are visible through the transparent member, a member mounted to rock adjacent the lower endof the tubular column to and from the opening in said tubular column, a base for said coling in the column and thereby permit the checks in the tubular column to drop into the receptacle substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY M. IGODBERSON. V THOMAS H. lVIONTGOMERY. Witnesses ELM. Prunes, M. D. LANGE,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

